“We all tell you that green food is really, really good for you. If you’re going to choose something, choose green, right?” says assemblywoman Pam Lampitt.

Lampitt, a mom, legislator and trained chef, teaches children about healthy eating, during a session at the new Virtua Hospital in Voorhees.

“I think that children help to drive what people, what parents [and] guardians, go out and actually shop for. I think if we start showing them, they’ll go to the grocery store and say, ‘You know what, Mom? I really want that snap pea instead of that potato chip,'” explains Lampitt.

Lampitt says children, and even adults, are more intimidated by healthy food than they need to be.

“We’re going to try to take this show on the road. I’m trying to influence those within the food industry within New Jersey, the restaurant association, the food council, that we’ve got mobile eye care units. We’ve got mobile dental care units. Why shouldn’t we be having mobile food units?” Lampitt says.

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